Those of you who have fortune scraps, why not buy the boxes? They give the recipes that are now selling for a lot of gold. That’s a reward many people would like.
Kasmeer becomes very sick due to the thorn that stuck her. Marjory can’t cure her, so they get a hold of Canach (by force, if need be) and ask for his help. As he and the new asura work for a cure, Kasmeer slips further away, and Marjory becomes pretty much useless as all she can do is watch the person she cares for most dies.
Rytlock tells Rox to stop messing around with these idiots, and get back to the Black Citadel for yet another assignment that might convince him that she’s good enough to add to the Stone warband. She snaps at him and tells him he can stuff his assignment up his tailhole, she’s found her warband. She grabs Brahm, slaps some sense and anger back into Marjory, and dives into action. Calling on the players for help, Rox leads an attack on Scarlet before her latest plan can go into action (that’s right, the heroes take the lead finally). While Rox and her group smash down on Scarlet’s forces like the fist of an angry god (bonus if they steal an Aetherblade airship to do this with), you use the diversion to get in and confront Scarlet.
Caught off guard by us taking the initiative and the suddenness of Rox’s assault, Scarlet’s finally caught without a good escape route, and we finally catch her. We get the antidote, and Brahm snaps Scarlet’s neck, ending her threat once and for all.
Kasmeer starts to slowly recover, and everyone decides that they’re going to work together for now on, with Rox as the team leader.
Seconded.
Mainly because Scarlet’s twig neck gets snapped.
I’m sure we can find uses for her pine cone pigtails too.
You want the hardcore players to use lower damage like others so others won’t die?
That’s exactly what we want.
Tbf hardcore players using less effective gears doesn’t change casuals who die anyway in their gear (regardless of the stats). Nerfing berserker really doesn’t change the effectiveness of soldier armor, it just makes our hardcore dungeon runs a few minutes longer.
There is still going to be a divide between casual and hardcore… So really what they should have done is buff other gear types to make them worth using, specifically condition gears.
Lep, I’d argue that the divide will grow even larger. More steps in this direction will make wounds that can never be healed. If folks were being lax about gear checks before this, you can bet that it will indeed be “zerk or gtfo” without exceptions. We can no longer afford a PVT sneaking in and riding along.
There will also be a lot of anger toward non zerkers by folks as well. Most of which is undeserved I think (since it’s probably an annoying minority on these forums that QQd for this to happen).
I absolutely agree.
I’m bracing myself for the cat storm about to hit the dungeon forum.
In the EU. Vizunah square does teq every chance it gets and rarely fails 12:02, 14:02, 16:02, 18:02. Certainly succeed most days. You do have to be in map an hour before hand though. The overflow is often successfull too.
Ah so it’s Vizunah now, good to know. My EU account will have to check it out.
Nobody cares about PvE where no one cares if youre exotic or ascended.
With this attitude, why should anyone care about your problem?
I think they stated it poorly, but I think they meant in pve no one cares in your armor is ascended or exotic whereas in wvw they do (I don’t know if that’s true, but I think it came off much more… Angry? Than they meant.) and thus pve players won’t care enough to complain about the change.
The forum is full of detailed threads stating that ascended is not required to do any game content at all, now it is a requirement to do WvW or PvP?
Cannot have the argument both ways, cannot be pro ascended saying stats don’t matter its such a small difference then complain when there is a much needed balance to stats that is such a small difference.
Anet are giving you choices without making Zerker redundant, again what is the problem?
It sounding like some folks want to dominate others with stats and gear to me.
Again, that’s why I prefaced it with saying I didn’t know how wvw heavy guilds and such view ascended gear. I was I simply saying that I think that was what they meant (they might be in a guild or group which requires it)
Sorry LittleLepton I was typing this before I saw your reply there mate. I am not singling you out there just generalizing.
And I agree with you there are now groups that require ascended which is one reason why I thought it was a terrible idea to implement it to begin with.
Down with ascended gear!
(Whoops, should have predicted this a year and a half ago and signed a petition or something, lol)
I don’t really know how it is on EU, however, if I recall correctly, Gandara does Teq the most.
There are at least 2 servers, one on EU and one on NA which do this event and succeed regardless of time. Pretty much, every time Teq spawns on the weekends, NA server Blackgate downs him.
Also, tequatl guilds organize it on overflows.
It’s just a matter of being on the right server. I would go to splintered coast on Gandara and hour before Teq pops (once the even t timers are fixed). And if that doesn’t work, try the guild thing again.
Condition gears are for PvP they aren’t meant for PvE. All classes can be glass cannons and do tons of damage while not every class can be condition because condition are used for PvP, and at PvE only AoE purpose only. You can’t make others stats do the same dps as berserker. Each stats has its own purpose like Soldier for tanking, Clerics for supporting/healing, Rabid for AoE/PvP, Berserker/Assassin to nuke and suicide and etc.
Let’s give an example for necro.
Cond necro=normal damage+nice for aoe
Berserker Necro=nuke damage with low survival and less aoe damage.
Why would both do the same damage? if they’ll do the same damage means Cond will be stronger cuz he has pluses for aoe and surviva while berserker has low survival and less aoe and would make berserker useless.
This is true, however the developers themselves, I think, want to dispel the hardcore meta. They want everyone to play how they want with everyone else (so if that means 5 necro condi parties, they can run it too! Because that’s how they want to oplay)
I agree that since condition builds are powerful in 2/3 aspects of the game it seems silly to see the berserker pve meta as a problem. However, there are I reasons and personal issues coming in to affect the developers decisions on this, and I can PM you the reason if you like.
Nobody cares about PvE where no one cares if youre exotic or ascended.
With this attitude, why should anyone care about your problem?
I think they stated it poorly, but I think they meant in pve no one cares in your armor is ascended or exotic whereas in wvw they do (I don’t know if that’s true, but I think it came off much more… Angry? Than they meant.) and thus pve players won’t care enough to complain about the change.
The forum is full of detailed threads stating that ascended is not required to do any game content at all, now it is a requirement to do WvW or PvP?
Cannot have the argument both ways, cannot be pro ascended saying stats don’t matter its such a small difference then complain when there is a much needed balance to stats that is such a small difference.
Anet are giving you choices without making Zerker redundant, again what is the problem?
It sounding like some folks want to dominate others with stats and gear to me.
Again, that’s why I prefaced it with saying I didn’t know how wvw heavy guilds and such view ascended gear. I was I simply saying that I think that was what they meant (they might be in a guild or group which requires it)
Nobody cares about PvE where no one cares if youre exotic or ascended.
With this attitude, why should anyone care about your problem?
I think they stated it poorly, but I think they meant in pve no one cares in your armor is ascended or exotic whereas in wvw they do (I don’t know if that’s true, but I think it came off much more… Angry? Than they meant.) and thus pve players won’t care enough to complain about the change.
I WvW and my guild does not make me run ascended. The only rules are , have exotics, party wide AoE skills that support or CC, be lvl 80. Ascended is overrated and a skilled exotic player can beat a full ascended noob into the ground easy. even if it is a 30v30 zerg the commander with the best skill and intelligence wins.
AScended gear to me is like legendary gear…. nice to have but not necessary. Anet should have never put Ascended gear into the game anyway. for Fotm they should have just let players infuse their exotic gear like in GW1 against the Mursaat. I really dislike the traditional carrot on a stick grind that Anet is pushing right now. Apparently that is what the majority wanted.
Yeah, I don’t really wvw, which is why I said (I don’t know if that’s true). I was just trying to diffuse an argument that I think would be caused by a lack of communication skills. It’s hard sometimes, when you feel passionate about something, to phrase things diplomatically, and I think that’s what happened there.
You want the hardcore players to use lower damage like others so others won’t die?
That’s exactly what we want.
Tbf hardcore players using less effective gears doesn’t change casuals who die anyway in their gear (regardless of the stats). Nerfing berserker really doesn’t change the effectiveness of soldier armor, it just makes our hardcore dungeon runs a few minutes longer.
There is still going to be a divide between casual and hardcore… So really what they should have done is buff other gear types to make them worth using, specifically condition gears.
Nobody cares about PvE where no one cares if youre exotic or ascended.
With this attitude, why should anyone care about your problem?
I think they stated it poorly, but I think they meant in pve no one cares in your armor is ascended or exotic whereas in wvw they do (I don’t know if that’s true, but I think it came off much more… Angry? Than they meant.) and thus pve players won’t care enough to complain about the change.
While I understand the sentiment, the changes to critical damage affect us berserkers minimally. We do receive a decrease in critical damage, however this can be easily rectified with the changes to sigils on two handed weapons.
The gear that this change affects the most is celestial. And given that people were time gated and spent tons of money on recipes and such has become a bigger problem.
The cutest Charr I ever saw. By the way I’ve decreed you won the fashionable dungeon run thread. Lol. Not too many people can make it look that good. XD
I honestly think the only gear that will be deeply and critically affected by this is celestial gear. And because of the hard work and money put into exotic celestial and ascended celestial, it would make sense to be allowed to change it.
I’m just glad I didn’t make any, as I had considered making it for wvw.
Unlike me. I Spent over 200 laurels for ascended trinkets, recipes and the infusions for celestial items on all my characters. I demand a refund.
This is madness.
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I think it’s likely that celestial followers will be angrier than berserker.
As it stands, with the sigil change the berserker meta is probably barely affected at all, which is cool for me as I prefer it in pve, but I feel like they achieved the exact opposite of their intention.
I honestly think the only gear that will be deeply and critically affected by this is celestial gear. And because of the hard work and money put into exotic celestial and ascended celestial, it would make sense to be allowed to change it.
I’m just glad I didn’t make any, as I had considered making it for wvw.
You have to redo story mode on every character, regardless of the title.
If you were Trying to get in on a different character, this could explain your difficulties.
If not I’m not sure what could cause that sort of issue.
Yeah it wasn’t a speed run. We had just done other dungeons and such. We ended up with 3 eles in the group when our guard decided it would be funny to switch to ele, and then I convinced a second guildie to join.
At least 3 of us were not optimized. Myself, my guildie, and my friend were using non meta builds and gear, the worst being a cleric and myself being a half zerk fresh air nonsense build.
I just think it’s cool. Our damage and sustain was surprising to me. We weren’t rushing, but alpha melted once we had our groove on, and overall it was an extremely fun run.
We are going to try the 5 ele run in some other dungeons too soon. Maybe one of those I’ll try to capture on video. Lol
I have to agree with this. Although, I’d say that the free stat change should only be applied to ascended gears…. I don’t have ascended armors, but I think had I, I would feel extremely cheated, if the gear I made was no longer optimal for my play style.
So every update where they change a skill or trait that might make my play-style (and thus my stats) no longer optimal I should get a free stat-change?
This is an entirely different thing from a trait change here or a skill change there. It’s changing an entire stat. Learn how to scale.
I’m not sure what I think at the moment as I don’t have a lot of information. I do, however, think that their sigil change is great, though they should have included that at launch if they had been smart about it.
Well turns out it not an overreaction at all. They actually have to give people the option to change stats on zerker pieces now. No ifs or buts.
Why?
They are not removing any stat (true, they are changing one, but it is not zerker specific) and thus no real reason to allow change of gear.
Or should they allow everyone that have said stat on any of their gear to get a free change?
Given that they have in their infinite wisdom relatively recently introduced time gated BiS gear and given that said nerfs are utterly idiotic. Yes.
I have to agree with this. Although, I’d say that the free stat change should only be applied to ascended gears…. I don’t have ascended armors, but I think had I, I would feel extremely cheated, if the gear I made was no longer optimal for my play style.
With the dangers of the party merging issue (and griefers using this), no one should be using the in-game LFG anyway.
I use it daily for the intended use: to get 4 more players to start a dungeon. Not to sell/get more people after dungeon is started.
That way there’s no issues with the LFG
For the record, people have merged and destroyed my instance, not because I was selling, but because I demanded that their toons looked good aesthetically.
“Critical Dmg changes” can’t mean anything else than nerfing.
Not true, they could buff the base crit damage and nerf crit damage on gear to compensate for the increased base crit. While the gear loses some crit damage it would gain it right back through the base increase. I doubt they will nerf just zerkers gear as it doesn’t solve the overall problem.
Important fact, they aren’t used to logical approaches.
I would posit that encouraging a newbie to waste gold and time on gear and strategies that are not efficient or as good (I’m assuming that he does not want to spend hours in a single dungeon) is a terrible thing and you should get in trouble for griefing.
This implies that all people play for the same reasons you do… to do the content in the fastest, more efficient means possible. However, it’s downright foolish to assume such. Some people play simply to play, and therefore have just as much right to play how they please as you do. So what if it’s not the most efficient, or provides the most DPS. If the group as a whole is enjoying itself (after all, this is supposed to be a game about the ‘journey’ not the ‘destination’ as I keep being told), then what is the issue?
He’s asking for people to accept rangers into their groups.
But most people automatically assume the ranger is terrible without giving them a chance. That’s the issue here, and he’s simply pointing out that while yes some do suck, not all do and not all should be automatically rejected based on the failings of others.
Because the majority of people do not want to spend more time than they need to in a dungeon (sure you can say that not everyone wants to play that way, but the majority DO)
Ah yes… the whole ‘must get the cookie noooooooooow’ mentality that has infected so many. Gods forbid you take 5 or even 10 more minutes. You might miss a shiny you could have gotten because you had time for ‘just 1 more run.’ Such mentality is a disease.
You know what mentality is a disease? One that doesn’t get having a run last 10 minutes longer can actually be too much for a player like myself, with a family, house, job, etc. so stop telling me that that time doesn’t matter, because it matters to me, and other people who don’t have all the time in the world.
Also, it isn’t usually 10 minutes. If I run with an optimized group versus a free for all, on average, it’s about an hour longer.
Stop telling me false information. Stop spreading the real disease.
Based on this post, and the assertion that you don’t have 10 minutes to spare, I’d venture to say you probably shouldn’t be playing a MMO in the first place.
Using your personal time and patience limitations to justify being hostile to people? That’s uncouth.
Okay I’m sorry master I’ll stop playing a game I love in the way I like because people don’t want me to play that way.
I’m never hostile to people in game. I dont expect pugs to be good. But I’d rather have any other class with 50 AP and sub 80 than a bow bear.
I honestly think the only reason this has started, and become the meta topic, is because of that awful video that said stacking is ruining the game. The several people who saw it are now telling everybody that it’s happening, and since people are sheeple they have to go along with the bandwagon.
I honestly don’t remember there being this much before that video. And every time one of them says it’s ruining the game I wonder if everyone is just a puppet.
I don’t think it’s likely that they kill Kasmeer before the new DE forms… If it forms. You have to remember that DE disbanded after Snaff’s death. It doesn’t make sense, if they were trying to have that parallel, to kill off the new “Snaff” before the group is actually officially the “new DE”.
I know it’s all speculation and stuff, but y’all shouldn’t be assuming that they’re going to kill off a character before they establish what the group actually is. What killing Kasmeer would do is break up the group, probably, as the folks would blame each other and they’d never form up and become what we would call the new DE.
Am I the only woman in the game who don’t care how many women or “girls” play
and don’t care at all if people call me dude?
I know and have met quite a few female players- who cares really?
Eh, I like chatting with other women. I like complaining about our husbands, kicking butt, comparing fashionable characters, kicking more butt, etc.
That’s it for me. Lol
my husband rage quits because he hasn’t played for a year and then he dies in five minutes whenever he logs on to help me., with stuff I cannot solo
this is from a Battlefield3/4 player- he thinks combat in GW2 is too hectic
Most of the people I compare fashionable characters with are guys
Lol, I have a few guy friends who compare too, but most just ask my fashionable, aesthetics elitist advice.
My husband doesn’t play enough to know what to do most times. He struggles with anything beyond basic mapping. So I try to help him now, but he gets frustrated at jumping puzzles so I generally need to get a lot of vistas for him. I’ve been trying to level a Mesmer just to map with him but I hate the class so… Blew.
He’s an RTS guy, so meh. Mmorpgs aren’t his thing.
Would never do it again. Trust me when i say spending 3000 gold on a skin is not worth it at all.
You finished crafting bifrost yet it costed as much as BUYING it straight off the trade post? Bifrost barely costs HALF of 3000g to make yourself >.>
Well the precursor was 700g and I could have sold it outright at creation for at least 2.3k. In reality it would probably sell easily for 2.8k.
Close enough.
Yeah… I just loved the bifrost so much. I could never sell it. Then I made dreamer, and I thought about selling it, but really loved that too much too.
I don’t think I could ever pour as much as I do into my legendaries and sell them. I get them for a reason, and that is to complete my character. No regrets, at all.
